yacht: [16] A yacht is etymologically a boat for ‘chasing’ others. The word was borrowed from early modern Dutch jaghte. This was short for jaghtschip, literally ‘chase ship’, a compound noun formed from jaght, a derivative of the verb jagen ‘hunt, chase’, and schip ‘ship’. The Dutch word (whose present-day form is jacht) has been borrowed into many other European languages, including French and German jacht and Russian jakhta.
yacht (n.)
1550s, yeaghe "a light, fast-sailing ship," from Norwegian jaght or early Dutch jaght, both from Middle Low German jacht, shortened form of jachtschip "fast pirate ship," literally "ship for chasing," from jacht "chase," from jagen "to chase, hunt," from Old High German jagon, from Proto-Germanic *yago-, from PIE root *yek- (2) "to hunt" (cognates: Hittite ekt- "hunting net"). Related: Yachting; yachtsman.
例文
1. Frank is of the opinion that the 1934 yacht should have won.
フランクは、1934年のヨットが勝ったはずだと思っていた。
2.Discover the delights and luxury of a private yacht .
プライベートヨットの楽しさと贅沢を体験する。
3.She invited 750 people aboard the luxury yacht 、the Savarona.
彼女は750人を豪華ヨット「サバローナ」号に招待した。
4.It is expected that the new owner will change the yacht 's name.
新しい主人がヨットに改名すると予想されている。
5.Our yacht was well equipped with two double cabins fore and aft.